Hair-curler



T. c. MOORE. HAIR GURLER.

(No Model.)-

No. 530,787. Paten'ted'Dec. 11, 1894.

INVENTOH B) M 1 [7L6 ATTORNEY.

ITNESSES.

UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS C. MOORE, OF GREAT FALLS, MONTANA.

HAlR-CURLERa SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,787,dated December 11, 1894.

Application filed January 4, 1894.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS C. MOORE, of Great Falls, in the county ofCascade and State of Montana, have invented a new and ImprovedHair-Curler, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The body of myhair-curler is provided with a clamp or clasp, which ispivoted, and also adapted to be-revolvedaround said body, so that when alock of hair is wound close to the head or face, 'and, on the last turn,the clamp does not come into due position to enable it to hold the locktightly curled, it may be adjusted or revolved to enable it to do so.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out inthe claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, ih which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is aperspective viewof a hair, curler constructed in accordancewith my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation. Fig. 3 is aplan view, the clamp being shown closed down; and Fig. 4 is a brokenrear end view, the clamp being in the open position.

The body A of the curler is conical and hollow, as usual, and is adaptedto receive the ordinary conical heating iron B; and pivoted to the bodyA, is a tongue 0, pivoted near the large end of the body and adapted toclasp the free ends of the hair for the convenient and proper winding ofthe same. The curler is also provided with a clamp D Serial No. 495,599-(No model.)

for clamping the hair when wound and preventing unwinding, and myinvention relates only to this clamp. Thus the base of the clamp arm Dis passed transversely through ears 6, formed on the meeting ends of adivided ring E, or otherwise pivoted to said ring, and the latter isformed separately from the body A and held to revolve on the latter asfollows: The body is formed with an annular flange a, which projects atright an gles, or approximatelyso, and the ring E is fashioned to forman internal groove or channel c, Fig. 2, thereby fitting over the flangea, the arrangement being such that the ring may be revolved around thebody A and the iron B. The free end of the clamp Dis curved as at d, insubstantially a half circle, and in a plane at right angles to thelength of the clamp, and then continued forwardly as at d, thearrangement permitting a proper engagement of the clamp with the bodywhen closed down on the latter.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent s In a hair-curler of the character specified, thecombination with .the tapered tubular body having a radial flange atitslarger end, of a ring or collar fitted loosely on said' flange andadapted to revolve thereon, and a clamp arm pivoted to the ring, asshown and described.

THOMAS O. MOORE.

Witnesses:

F. C. PARK, WILLARD A. LONG.

